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Chapter 53:
Break-Out

As I awoke in
the infirmary, I felt a sudden familiarity. I wished that it was all a dream
that nothing in the last few days had happened. I tried to move my arms, but
couldn't. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in a straight jacket.

"Help!" I
shouted, "Somebody help me!"

Professor X: Calm yourself.

"Let me out
of here!" I shouted.

Professor X: I have something
disturbing to show you.

"Hurry." I
said.

I ran out of the room and into Josh's
office and saw him slumped over on the table. I
ignored the warning signs and ran and bent down next to Josh, searching for a
pulse and that's when I noticed the blood and the deep cuts on his body.

"You son of a bitch!" I yelled turning to him. Donald Pierce tried to hide his bloody hand. I
sent him flying backwards and as soon as he left the ground, I felt something
push me out of the room and I fell on my back, looking up.

"I am truly sorry; Sabretooth
does get a little starved." Sebastian Shaw said, his cold features staring down
at me.

I rolled out of the way and took a
stance, noticing how rusty I was, "You...he just killed." I said, trying to run
past him, but a tongue flew out of nowhere and slapped me across the hall!

"Ah, ah, ah." Selene said, waving his finger.

"What do you want?" I asked, holding
my right cheek.

Sebastian Shaw threw Selene an angry
look, "You have tampered with our minds, we were under
the impression that you were dead."

"I know." I said, "It's
part of disappearing."

"Such a powerful act, did you attempt
it alone?" Sebastian shaw
asked.

"None of your business." I said, my heart breaking, "I need to get to Josh. I need to get his
pulse going."

Sebastian Shaw turned his back to me,
looking at the pictures in the hallway, "You love this, such humble
surroundings. This normal life makes you happy?" he asked, turning to see my
anger, "Not anymore."

Suddenly, my
mind was overloaded. The feelings had overcome me and the straight jacket
loosened and fell to the floor.

"Are you alright?"
Professor Xavier asked, Scott and Logan at either of his side.

I stood,
"Where are they?" I asked.

"Relax,
you're weakened." Professor Xavier said.

Across the
room, a computer screen blew up, "They killed my husband." I said slowly.

"You're lucky
I don't turn you into a soup can." I said, "Where are they!"

"We do not
know." Professor Xavier said.

"You know." I
said.

"Pane."
Scott took a step forward.

I
telekinetically threw him backwards, "One way or another, you're going to spill
those secrets." I said, looking into his eyes. I travelled through his brain,
searching the recesses of his memory until I found the information I needed.

Professor
struggled with keeping me out, "You will stop!" he said quickly.

"Daddy's home." I said, hurling Logan and Scott against the wall! I walked past Xavier,
who tried to get into my mind. I walked to the elevator.

Professor X: All X-Men! Pane is on the
loose and is highly dangerous, all students to their room and be on guard!

As I got to
the ground floor, the door opened and Beast, Gambit, Rogue, Storm, Emma,
Colossus, Iceman, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler,
and the new X-Men stood, waiting for me. At the sight of me, everyone looked as
if they had seen a ghost. The look on Bobby's face was the worst. He had all
these emotions and I felt them.

"Stand out of
the way." I said angrily.

"Pane, think
about this." Storm said, "We can help you."

"Right about
now my hair and clothes are probably," I looked down at the black clothes I had
donned, "Yep, black."

"Pane."
Iceman said, "It's Bobby."

I paused,
just for a second, but in that second of hesitation, something happened,
"Bobby, don't..."

"I remember
what you told me." Bobby said, "I can help you."

"They killed
him and blamed it on Magneto." I said, "They deserve what's coming to them."

"You don't believe that," Bobby said, "You know better than this."

"I gave my
life and never asked for anything but my life back and they took it." I said,
"They took it and broke it into pieces and I don't know why."

"I know and
it's not fair..."

The elevator
shook slightly, "Fair?! Bobby, they
killed him. He's innocent! He died because he knew me and he's in the ground
now." I said angrily, "They wanted me back in the game, they got me. They went
into my mind."

"You went
into our minds, suga." Rogue said.

"I did what I
did out of love." I said.

"Let me help
you." Bobby said, "I love you."

I stared at
Bobby. My defenses were starting to fall.

We can take them.

"But it won't
bring him back." I said.

"No, it
won't." Storm said.

I stepped out
of the elevator, walking over to Bobby, who hugged me tight.

-

As I stepped
out of the shower, I stood in front of the mirror. I looked at my hair, which
was noticeably darker and my eyes were still kind of black. The steam made it
more real. Professor X had explained that when he found me after Josh's
funeral. I was apparently babbling to myself about the clone. There was no clone. They had taken me after my talk with
Rae. Professor assured me that the clone was nowhere and that it was my fear. I
couldn't stop thinking about that being my greatest fear. As I walked back into
my room, I stopped at the sight of Bobby, who was holding a picture of Josh and
me.

"He was a
doctor." I said, causing Bobby to turn around, "His name was..."

"Josh, Scott
told us." Bobby said, "Sorry about just coming in, but your door was open, I
just figured..."

"I do not
know, all we know at this point, Ororo, is that a
mass of villains are on the loose...inside Crossmore."

"So, someone
went through the trouble of busting them out and they wanted to stay in?" Kitty
asked, "Hey, Pane."

"Hey." I
said, "Seems fishy."

"Fishy?"
Logan said, "I smell a trap."

"We need a
team." Professor said.

"I'm in." Logan said, sliding on gloves.

"I think I
should go." Scott said.

"As shall I."Ororo said.

"I'm going."
I said.

"Are you sure
that's wise?" Emma asked.

"I've got
some major aggression pent up." I said slowly.

"But, maybe a
more experienced X-Man." Emma suggested.

"I'll stay
with him at all times." Bobby said.

"Very well
then," Xavier said, "We leave in five minutes."

I stood up
and followed Bobby out of the door.

"What are you
doing?" Scott asked.

"Haven't you
heard, Scotty, I'm back on the team." I said.

"But this is
dangerous." Scott said, "I won't be able to protect you."

"Some Hellfire Club took the one thing that
meant the most to me. When I find them, they will pay." I said angrily, "In the
mean time, I'll just have to settle for some other villain." I said, walking
away with Bobby.

"Looks like the kid isn't a kid anymore." Logan said.

"That's what
I'm afraid of." Scott said.

-

Chaos reigned
over Crossmore. The building had lost power and the
guards had been wiped out and the prisoners were running around everywhere. The
guard, Mara Tuscan, was the only person left, as far as she knew. She pulled
the gun from her holster. They had been issued weapons, but were told to use
them only in emergencies. This was an
emergency. She began to sneak away when she felt an intense feeling and
fell to the floor.

Vertigo
smiled to herself as she neared the woman, "You should not have imprisoned me
here." She said quickly.

"It's what
happens to naughty kittens." I said as Storm struck her with lightning! She
flew backwards and crashed against the wall, "Meow."

As we made
our way through the complex, the empty cells were dim and drab. As we made our
way down the darkened hallways, I was chilled deep down. Something was in this
building. As I made my way down the hall with Bobby, a vent fell from the
ceiling and in front of us stood Toad. I had a flashback, back to the office
with Josh...

"You son of a bitch!" I said, throwing my hand forward and causing him to fly back and hit
the metal bars, "Spill."

"I ain't saying a word." Toad croaked, "Have mercy."

"I'm sorry, I
gave you the impression you had a choice." I said, moving towards him.

"What're you
doing?" Bobby asked.

"I may not
have much power, but I have just enough." I said, placing my fingers to his
temple. I saw Cyclops and Storm fighting off something in the lower levels.
Then Wolverine cutting in and he was swatted away. Toad saw all this from the
vents, after he broke out. I whatever it was and it was big! Lightning, red
beams, and claws are all I saw and then nothing, "What is it? What's down
there?"

"A prisoner."
Toad said.

"What
prisoner!" I said through gritted teeth.

"Juggernaut."
Toad said, "And he's got your friends."

"He's got
friends of his own." Bobby said, looking ahead of me.

I looked up to see Lady Deathstrike, Avalanche,
Gauntlet, Mystique, and Arclight. I looked at Bobby,
who'd already gone into his ice form and I stood weakly.

"I can't take
them in a fight, not right now." I said, "I might lose control."

"That's not a bad thing right now." Bobby said, "Stay behind me."

"I'm not letting
you fight this one on your own." I said, grabbing hold of Bobby. I looked down
at the floor and concentrated hard. My breathing began to quicken and suddenly,
Bobby and I were falling through the floor! Bobby caught me in mid-drop and
created an ice sled down to the bottom of the room.

"What was
that?" Bobby asked.

"My powers
are coming back." I explained, "It took a lot of power messing with people's
memories, so my powers were temporarily gone for the last five years."

"That doesn't
explain the floor disappearing." Bobby said.

"Jean's not the only one with power, did you forget?" I asked.

There was a
rumble and I looked over my shoulder to see a large figure standing not far
off. I stood by Iceman, feeling the bitter coldness of his ice form. The gigantic
figure lifted its hand and threw something to the floor. The bodies of Storm,
Cyclops, and Wolverine lay between Juggernaut and Bobby and I.

"I see you've
finally joined us." That voice sent chills down my spine. It was that same dark
voice that had haunted so many of my dreams.

"Yeah, well, without all that power, it's a little hard to get here." I said,
looking around.

"You will
never see me," Apocalypse laughed, "But I'll always be here."

"You hear him
too, right?" I asked Bobby, who nodded.

"Finally, we
shall meet again." Apocalypse said.

"I really
need a new line-up of villains." I said, meaning every word.

"Dispose of
them." Apocalypse said.

"Can you see
him?" Bobby asked.

I shook my
head, "He's gone." I said, "He's gonna get away."

Juggernaut
smirked, then clapped his hands together as hard as he could, sending me and
Bobby flying back into the wall! Juggernaut began to jog towards us, and then
burst into a full sprint, then he began running.

I, shakily,
made my way to my feet, but Bobby was out cold.

Pane: How do you stop something like
him?

Take away his momentum.

I concentrated
on Juggernaut as a whole, his speed, the particles that make him up and I
imagined them slowing down, him slowing down and his speed slowed.

That a boy, now more!

My mind
thought about it more, what if the particles stopped? What if he would have
stopped? Suddenly, I was very tired. I almost fell off my feet when I felt
something cold around my waist and arms. It was Bobby holding me up.

"You okay?"
Bobby asked, looking from me to the Juggernaut, who was frozen in his
footsteps.

Storm,
Wolverine, and Cyclops had also made it back to their feet and were now at our
side.

"I don't know
how long it'll last." I said quickly.

"Can you lift
the helmet?" Cyclops asked.

I tried to
shake off the fatigue, but couldn't. I put my hand to my temple and the latches
unlocked and the helmet flew across the room as Juggernaut began moving again,
but Cyclops let loose with the beam and that was the end of Juggernaut's
break-out.

§

"I would like
to thank all the X-Men who helped with the mission." Professor said, "You are
all dismissed."

As the rest
of the X-Men left, Scott, Bobby, and I were left behind. Bobby reluctantly left
the room, leaving Scott and I alone. Scott sat with an unreadable look on his
face.

"I'm not
sorry, for remaking history." I said.

"You're not?"
he asked.

"I gave me a
happy life and I gave you one." I said.

"Yeah, and
you didn't think about what would happen when that happy life wore off, when we came back to our senses." Scott said, "Do
you know how it felt to lose someone and at the exact same moment realize that
you've lost someone else, someone who you were engaged to?"

"Actually, I
do." I said.

"You just
left, how could it have been that easy to just leave me?" Scott asked.

"Nothing in
my life is simple!" I said, "Not anymore."

"Congratulations,
now no one's life is simple." Scott said, "There were things everyone meant to
do, to say, and they never got the chance."

"I was with
the love of my life. You were with Jean. In short, everything was how it was supposed
to be."

"But it wasn't
what either of us wanted." Scott said, walking to the door, "You deleted us."

"I didn't
mean to. I just wanted a normal life." I said.

"What is a
normal life? Friends and family? You had that here..."
Scott said, "You had me."

"Had?" I
asked.

"Everything's
changed and nobody real happy with you for what you did." Scott said, "It was
selfish. Normal is two people who love each other."

"Who
moonlight as superheroes?" I asked.

Scott didn't
say another word, he just walked out.

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